The prevalence of aborted suicide attempts among psychiatric in-patients

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 492-496

  Marzuk, P M ^a,c   Tardiff, K ^a,b   Leon, A C ^a   Portera, L ^a   Weiner, C ^a  

^a Department of Psychiatry   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Attempted suicide; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

EID: 0030662525     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1997.tb09952.x     Document Type: Article

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